Australia’s need for a powerful and predictive bushfire modelling capability has never been clearer. The 2019-20 bushfire season showed just how widespread, unpredictable and terrifying bushfires can be. The Bureau of Meteorology, with the help of the NCI supercomputer, is developing new modelling...

Teaching computers to understand language is no easy task. Humans learn and develop their language skills instinctively as children, but developing that ability for a computer system is very hard indeed. To work on this major research challenge, scientists are using Natural Language Processing (NLP)...

Challenge Much the same as a ‘bit’ in classic computing, a ‘qubit’ is used to encode information in quantum computing. Manipulating these qubits in a circuit for computation can be achieved using nanometre-thin junctions, which are often constructed using aluminium oxide tunnel barriers. Noise in...

Solutions to the problems we face can come from the strangest of places. The natural world has created an incredible array of molecules and proteins, some of which we can use to our advantage to reduce suffering and improve human life. Sufferers of chronic pain, a nervous system disorder with few...

For the second year in a row, NCI’s supercomputing and big data infrastructure plays a central role in the winning entry of the prestigious Waterhouse Natural Science Art Prize. The winning artwork for 2020, Open Air, is a video project operatically showcasing the beauty and ever-changing nature of...